gullion
See also: Gullion
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gullion (plural gullions)
Derived terms edit
Scots edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Irish góilín (“a creek, gully”).[1]
Noun edit
gullion (plural gullions)
Etymology 2 edit
Variant of cullion, from Old French coyon (“scoundrel”)[2] or couille (“scrotum; testicle”).[3]
Noun edit
gullion (plural gullions)
References edit
- ^ “gullion, n.1” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
- ^ “cullion, cullyeon, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
- ^ “cull, n.2” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.